A week in Tweets: 18-24 September 2011

It’s back again, by popular (lack of?) demand: another week’s collection of Tweets and links. All the usual categories, confusions and all-too-necessary break before we start:

Enterprise-architecture, business-architecture and the ‘business big-picture’:

• SAlhir: RT @complexified “Secrets of the Six Principles” – great primer on #complexity in orgs, and case studies. [PDF] http://bit.ly/q6JPcR
• thoughttrans: Can roadmaps be both strategic and tactical? >I would say yes #entarch #bizarch #itarch
• SAlhir: RT @Digitaltonto An Innovation Roadmap http://bit.ly/p5UXG2 #bmgen #bizarch #entarch
• SAlhir: RT @JenniferSertl #Value & #Innovation create markets says @michaeleporter http://bit.ly/nM5tdo & @nigelcameron http://bit.ly/mUxd7W
• SAlhir: RT @JenniferSertl HBR’s Treasure Trove On Strategy [PDF] http://bit.ly/pc2ELH #bmgen #bizarch #entarch
• oscarberg: RT @EskoKilpi: Social business is very different from industrial corporation http://bit.ly/qymNmE #socbiz #entarch
• gkathan: RT @pbmobi: New sketches, comments, references: ideas about Enterprise Backbone Architecture http://bit.ly/pOoOBZ #entarch
• chrisdpotts: “The Consumer Has the Technology. The Market Has The Process” (article:PDF) http://bit.ly/oDI4bd #entarch #BPM #strategy #bizecology
• SAlhir: RT @Annemcx: @gnva via @joesmithdesign Connected Futures – Why time-frames are good to define design research approach: http://l.gnva.com/oGI9QM
• SAlhir: RT @moia @Joi @flowchainsensei: “cost of planning, predicting and managing…exceeds the cost of actually doing” http://bit.ly/q7cWcN
• SAlhir: The Old World View focused on Efficiency and Effectiveness, and the New World View focuses on Creativity and Innovation #entarch
• chrisdpotts: Reminder: http://bit.ly/pbFNFP | RT @petersjolin: @chrisdpotts For the performance of the enterprise’s architecture.
• gkathan: RT @jukkaam 5 Questions That Kill Innovation: a how-to guide http://bit.ly/qGAvKs RT @philderidder #innovation #entarch #bmgen
• practicingEA: Forrester Communities: Lessons Learned from Enterprise Architecture Mistakes http://bit.ly/oP5K2q >recommend #entarch
• tonyrestell: RT @lisat2: 7 Lessons from Running a Consulting Company by @neilpatel http://bit.ly/mVasAC | wise words >useful advice…
• oscarberg: Transparency is Good for Business http://bit.ly/mYtIEI #socbiz #bizarch #entarch
• rettema: RT @kerfors: Volkswagen’s Vehicles Schema (Vocabulary or Ontology in #SemanticWeb parlance)  http://ow.ly/6yAt6 via @kidehen >useful complete example of an ontology in full business-use
• SAlhir: RT @SameerPatel: RT @Jon_Ferrara: Changing How We Manage Change – great post by @GrahamHill on @marktamis blog http://wp.me/pCUEC-5m >useful how-to reminders
• gkathan: RT @pbmobi: Don’t start modeling without first making some sketches! http://bit.ly/r85xEI #entarch #itarch #bizarch >more on Peter Bakker’s ‘tubemapping’ concept
• taotwit: RT @bmichelson: Roundtable: Enterprise Architects & Complex Event Processing http://bit.ly/mZaHvY <– with @taotwit & @tibbetts
• kdierc: RT @alecsharp: BPMN and UML are non-issues in any successful project I’ve seen in the past decade, so I wish ppl wouldn’t refer to them as “the standard.” #bpm #entarch
• DavidGurteen: Google Wallet: First Impressions http://on.mash.to/r3m22r > #itarch and #ux meet #bmgen and #bizarch?
• thoughttrans: One more time … enterprise architecture goes beyond corporate boundaries >why is this simple fact so difficult for so many people to understand?
• joemckendrick: Health care delivered, via technology, at very low cost http://smrt.io/pI5hHh >US-specific detail, but could be relevant anywhere #bmgen #socbiz
• gkathan: RT @johnokraut via @IATV: This Is Service Design Thinking: Customer Journey Canvas [PDF] http://bit.ly/qkE26D #bizarch #entarch #bpm
• business_design: interesting insights RT @om: How technology is changing business [Infographic] http://bit.ly/pLtKjW >a lot more than just technology, please…
• business_design: RT @trueventures: Adrian Slywotzky: improve your business through the art of Hassle Maps http://tru.vc/piLrAZ #bmgen >recommend
• oscarberg: @RT @kasey428: HBR.org: Companies Do Well if Workers Feel OK About Speaking Up http://bit.ly/p87v0m >simple stats (avg. 7.9% return vs 2.1%) to impact of functional vs dysfunctional power-models within org
• theopengroup: Are Business Process Management and Business Architecture a perfect match? http://nblo.gs/nnkUG >good sense from Serge Thorn #entarch #bpm
• rettema: #EntArch is a one time design that survived at least a decade of business turbulences of the enterprise that is serves // You cannot design or create an #EntArch, You can only conclude it was an architecture when you look back. #MyQuote
• ironick: panarchy calls 4 panarchitecture http://bit.ly/ex1fJy RT @angel_m @giusdesimone @jurgenappelo Panarchy: an amazing concept! >Nick Gall’s original Gartner article on a key concept in #entarch etc – recommend
• jdevoo: RT @adamwerbach: Supply chain footprinting is on the rise http://bit.ly/pizgvK #entarch
• EABard: How Should We Make Hard Decisions? http://zite.to/niFo7a via @zite #strategy #entarch (will admit I love the quote “capitalism makes everything complicated”… 🙂 )
• jdevoo: RT @frogdesign: “the question is never about the technology, or even the system—it is about the people” http://bit.ly/q6MVsA #mhealth #innovation #entarch
• SAlhir: RT @Serve4impact: This Is Service Design Thinking: Deconstructing a Textbook : UXmatters http://bit.ly/pt6L0X #tisdt #entarch
• tetradian: [post] Dependency and resilience in enterprise-architecture models http://bit.ly/rpSyVk (for @pbmobi) #entarch #metamodel
• chrisdpotts: The most important relationship Enterprise Architects now need is with the enterprise’s Brand managers.  #entarch #CIO #CMO >mild disagree: it’s an important relationship, yes, but never ‘the most important’ – in a true #entarch, everywhere and nowhere is ‘the most important’, all at the same time…
• chrisdpotts: IT Consumerization means it’s no longer a constraint on #entarch #strategy that many people think EA is something to do with #IT. >v.strong disagree: the association with IT still makes it all but impossible to assess #entarch issues that do not revolve around (or even include) IT
• business_design: RT @tonysilbert: @jhagel two shifts: 1) from knowledge stock to knowledge flow (proprietary to open mindset) 2) from push to pull #BIF7 #bizarch #entarch
• chrisdpotts: Difference between #entarch & #bizarch = difference between enterprise & business.  Architecture = architecture, whatever the subject.
• CreatvEmergence: RT @DavidHolzmer: HBR: Netflix’s Bold Disruptive Innovation http://bit.ly/ny1h4S #bmgen #bizarch #strategy
• CreatvEmergence: Four pains of a new idea – http://bit.ly/jCf1S4 – by @MaxMckeown #innovation #bmgen
• gkathan: RT @jeannelking Cool look into #visualthinking: The Anatomy Of An Infographic, from @SpyreStudios http://fb.me/11BHBkSI4 #entarch toolbox >useful how-to
• ArtBourbon: RT @pbmobi: http://bit.ly/qZijIu Made a prototype of a #bmgen neuron network in CPN Tools! Small step toward the Enterprise Backbone #entarch >>good stuff. posted a comment >more ongoing #entarch idea-exploration from Peter Bakker
• SAlhir: RT @storiedstrategy Change is synonymous with strategy and emergence. #Change is #complexity. not a function & cannot be managed or planned. >in some ways ‘change management’ is more about how we manage ourselves in change, not change itself – have always liked Senge’s book-title ‘The Dance of Change’ for that reason
• gkathan: RT @OndrejGalik [Post] 4.Lesson Learned for #entarch: Start From Yourself http://wp.me/p1kuQj-5I >yes – recommend
• oscarberg: All businesses are social, but are held back by anti-social structures designed for economies of scale & efficiency // Businesses need to free themselves from the optimization straight-jacket to become more responsive, agile & innovative
• gkathan: RT @CMatignon: Understanding Business Rules is a challenge – here is my epiphany on the subject! http://bit.ly/mZebDs #decisionmgt #decision #entarch
• gkathan: RT @Sellers_Richard: “Relevance v Preference: Rethinking #Brand Differentiation” http://ow.ly/6AxqC by @carol_phillips #MENGonline #CMO #Marketing #bmgen #bizarch
• SAlhir: RT @slapCompany Why live your values? Contribution and community are what await you when you live your values. >also for #entarch etc
• SAlhir: RT @Design4people Value Was in Conversation!Embracing Inclusion with Design Thinking;Driving Innovation http://bit.ly/qiAxhX #designthinking
• caro_buck: Why most product launches fail… http://hbr.org/2011/04/why-most-product-launches-fail/sb3/1 Interesting read. #bmgen #bizarch
• taotwit: RT @roygrubb: RT @seabird20: Bt moving from “build to last” mentality to a “build to change” mentality. >> So complex adaptive?  (@taotwit) #entarch >the ‘backbone vs Agile’ trade-off
• joyce_hostyn: 10 patterns for org change when your business model is being disrupted by digital media http://slidesha.re/qIrhs2 by @mpedson via @deb_lavoy #bmgen #socbiz
• joemckendrick: Medical ‘tricorder’ device competition coming in 2012 http://smrt.io/nlMX5M >big X-prize, also very big #bmgen opportunity…?
• greefhorst: RT @ebuise: An interesting framework for architect competency – http://sfi.cc/digvl #entarch #bizarch via  @ruthmalan @systemsflow >useful resources for #entarch
• SAlhir: RT @ArnoldBeekes Stephen Denning: Can Organizations Be Profitable AND Responsible? Review of book ‘Management Reset’ http://onforb.es/raZ0IZ #orgarch #entarch
• tetradian: [post] Backbone and business-rules http://bit.ly/rpNnaM (thx #pbmobi @taotwit @CMatignon) #entarch #itarch #bpm
• business_design: a) describe what job you are getting done for each customer segm. b) describe the value prop for each segm. #BusinessModelInnovationWorkout #bmgen

A rather graphic first-hand example of ‘how to create an anti-client’:

• aojensen: Thanks, #telstra. Charged me with $ 59.00 for moving my antiquated POTS landline to a new address, 2 km away. 1994, anyone? // And by the way, I only chose to move and not close my #telstra subscription so that #TPG could move my ADSL2 connection. // So #TPG actually require a #telstra landline to be in place in order to test if they can deliver naked ADSL2. // And then #TPG charge me with an additional $ 59 just for relocating the ADSL2 line to another address. All up, this is nearly $ 120. // #Telstra and #TPG, you are punishing and not serving consumers. How come you punish customer loyalty? Had I known this PRIOR to moving // my landline, I would have avoided both of you, #Telstra and #TPG. In other words, you suck big time. #fail
• alecsharp: @aojensen Be grateful for their ineptitude – you now have a Telco case study to add to the repertoire of Telco stupidity we thrive on.

A back-and-forth between Nick Gall and Chris Potts on experience-orientation in enterprise-architecture:

• ironick: +1 tho sadly ~no conventional #entarch is exp-centric. Need #designthinking. RT @chrisdpotts: “It’s an experiences-centric architecture”
• chrisdpotts: @ironick If conventional #entarch is falling out of step with today’s realities, then it’s time for Enterprise Architects to innovate.
• ironick: @chrisdpotts +1. here’s how #entarch should become more experience-centric: http://bit.ly/aPYzup >pointer to Nick Gall’s ‘Hybrid Thinking’ paper, unfortunately behind Gartner paywall
• chrisdpotts: @ironick Enterprises can design appearances. Experiences are co-created with consumer. #entarch #bizecology #valuenetworks #RecrEAtion
• ironick: @chrisdpotts +1 exploratory co-creation is a fundamental aspect of #hybridthinking #designthinking. needs to be applied to #entarch
• chrisdpotts: @ironick Experiences are co-created as they happen. They are emotional & depend on many live variables.  #entarch #bizecology #valuenetworks
• ironick: @chrisdpotts +1. experiences have big emotional part. we CAN architect in advance 2 afford better co-creative exps. #hybridthinking #entarch
• ironick: @chrisdpotts Better #entarch is 1 part #wabisabi, 1 part #bricolage, 1 part #panarchy, bound with #designthinking. result #hybridthinking

A really useful Tweet-summary, mostly by Gene Leganza, of the CIO/CMO (Chief Information Officer / Chief Marketing Officer) conference:

• gleganza: #CIOCMO11 Keynotes getting started. Sharyn Leaver doing intros. // Sharyn comparing CIOs and CMOs to Romeo & Juliet: The indivs get along; their respective orgs & culture make it tough going // Sharyn laying out sources of competitive advantage over time… // Age of Manufacturing, Age of Distribution, Age of Info all lead to now: Age of the Customer // MPOV: Others have declared other periods the “age of the customer,” but the groundswell of social and web 2.0 make it REALLY now
• gleganza: Bobby Cameron and Jeff Ernst taking the stage for the #Forrester keynotes at #CIOCMO11 // Title of session is “New Opportunities Emerge When Marketing & IT Focus On The Customer Life Cycle” // Bobby using modes of dress to point out the traditional differences btwn IT and Marketing people // Jeff Ernst, Marketing-related analyst, talking about the relationship btwn Marketing and IT becoming mission critical // Jeff comparing Blockbuster (bankrupt) & Netflix // “customers want less” !? // customers want less hassle, less time, less need for support // Less is more [convenience] // Tech-fueled customer-led disruption redefine the customer experience  // Bobby & Jeff: CIOs & CMOs must partner to drive customer obsession to win in the Age Of The Customer // Bobby: CMOs and CIOs are uniquely positioned to partner in driving customer obsession  // CMOs instill customer obsession across the value chain, while CIOs coordinate interactions and information across the value chain
• joyce_hostyn: RT @forrester: RT @TomGrantForr: A big part of “The Age Of The Customer” is getting technology adoption, not just deployment. #ADF11
• chrisdpotts: RT @forrester: Difference between IT and Marketing is imploding driven by this Age of the Customer. – Cameron #ciocmo11
• gleganza: Case studies on CMO/CIO partnerships: Catepillar, IBM, Adidas, P&G #CIOCMO11 // Caterpillar example: Disruption from buyer behavior changes // Caterpillar: Traditional sales method — dealer in person with buyer BUT… // …now 56% buy tractors online! Major change in buying behavior, even for tractors! // So Caterpillar studied key customer touchpoints in cust experience lifecycle – IT/Marketing partnership for studying use cases
• gleganza: IBM story-12% revenue increase year-on-year for Q1 – Whatever they’re doing, it’s working #CIOCMO11 // IBM has complex ecosystem of brands, partners, & suppliers // IBM’s VP of Order to Cash & Marketing Transformation partnered with VP of Marketing totally revamped their systems 4 customer info // Now there’s a job title…Does YOUR org have a “VP of Order-to-Cash and Marketing Transformation”?
• gleganza: Adidas case: They target 15-25 yr olds who have to have the “new thing”  #CIOCMO11 // Adidas having to shorten their product dev cycles // Adidas CIO and CMO don’t obsess over Nike, the gorilla in their space, but on their customers // Adidas Marketing didn’t get IT issues, IT didn’t get Marketing, so for major World Cup effort, created a joint team // “social listening team” ID’ed athletes to sponsor and used social media to test campaigns
• gleganza: P&G example: Lots of brands, in biz 174 years! #CIOCMO11 // P&G: Global CIO drove “virtual modeling and simulation services” to speed up prod dev cycle: supports product innovation // P&G used to take 6-7 weeks to do customer testing with physical mockups // P&G created virtual environment in hours or days, not weeks. // P&G has a library of shelves in a virtual library-can simulate customer experience in Target, Walmart stores
• gleganza: Bobby and Jeff about to take questions from CIO & CMO audience #CIOCMO11 // [I’m doing a breakout session later with CIOs and CMOs to address tech planning issues; will be interesting to see the interaction]
• gleganza: Q: What did the CIOs and CMOs really do 2 make  changes happen? A: Weekly CIO/CMO meetings generating ideas, maintaining momentum #CIOCMO11 // P&G CIO aggregated 170 common services as part of prod dev lifecycle; goal was not cost-related but all about enabling innovation
• gleganza: Q: Role of CMO on defining priorities for program/project agenda. Role in project portfolio mgt? #CIOCMO11 // A. In P&G, funding is ongoing payment structure btwn internal customers (eg, marketing) and IT org-continued funding based on sat
• gleganza: Q: Have analysts seen ancillary depts (HR, etc) change processes to accommodate this customer focus thing? A: Absolutely… #CIOCMO11 // …processes change to recognize ROI from all the related activity
• gleganza: Q: Is main problem for orgs power struggles? A: Perception probs: Marketing less important than operational systems in IT’s eyes #CIOCMO11 // …IT has HAD to focus on keeping operational systems highly available. Made Marketing a second-class citizen of sorts // Bobby: so the prob is language, metrics, lots of things: it’s systemic. Solution is to make customer obsession systemic
• gleganza: Nigel Fenwick & Luca Paderni keynote at #CIOCMO11 starting // Nigel invoking those HSBC ads to illlustrate the issue of perspective // Nigel hands off to Luca with a Dilbert cartoon showing IT’s perspective of marketing (hint-it’s not flattering) // Luca counters with an image representing Marketing’s view of IT: a snail. touche! // Luca & Nigel’s solution follows the basic people-process-technology model // People: Merge IT and Marketing. OK, not really merge the orgs,but get these ppl working together. Get left & right brains together
• gleganza: Supervalu example: Formed joint IT/Marketing team w/shared budget & matrix reporting #CIOCMO11
• gleganza: AB InBev example-Again, shared IT/Marketing ownership, in this case for customer retention #CIOCMO11 // Lesson: restructure teams, co-locate teams, share accountability
• gleganza: Now the process part… #CIOCMO11 // Process focus is on time to market, speed, agility
• gleganza: Supervalu: “Agile-like” methods, rapid prototyping (disposable solutions), 90-day value creation #CIOCMO11
• gleganza: Nissan example-Formed marketing technology steering committee; did tech and design together via CIO/CMO collaboration #CIOCMO11 // Nissan’s result: significantly increased transparency // “Plan for fast failure”
• gleganza: Rolls Royce example: Real-time analytics for global data on engine failures #CIOCMO11 // RR: Warnings on need for engine maintenance sent to ground crews
• gleganza: Survey data: CIO hires staff w/marketing expertise? CIOs 33% yes, CMOs 20% yes #CIOCMO11
• gleganza: Q: Need additional CxO to make CIO/CMO partnership work? COO? A: Yes. Starts with CIO/CMO, but gotta get to key execs #CIOCMO11 // …especially gotta get the execs with checkbooks bought in and involved
• gleganza: Q: Culture of orgs before ‘harmonic conversion?’ A: Supervalu-traditional separation; hired new execs to make it happen #CIOCMO11 // “Cultural shift starts with leadership”
• gleganza: Q: 90 days “a luxury” to prove value-what to do if extreme speed necessary? #CIOCMO11 // A: Short time horizon? Challenge shifts to selecting projects/pilots with more likelihood of success  // Business metrics on business outcomes are the way to measure success for BOTH IT and Marketing

Narrative-knowledge, creativity, leadership and other things to do with in-person collaboration:

• davegray: Awesome. RT @inkblurt: @ptquattlebaum reveals contents of his workshop-ready “stormbox” http://bit.ly/njLNkW #vizthink #gamestorming >recommend also for #entarch etc
• KMskunkworks: Six critical things your company wants to know http://bit.ly/qCFsSd #KNet2011 #KCube #Innovation #Training >aka Zachman? #entarch
• SAlhir: RT @JenniferSertl At the heart of execution is an individual who has choices to make. >ie. #entarch is people, not just IT!
• SAlhir: RT @CoreyBlake9000 Perspective is everything @IdeaSandbox:How to Frame Problems To Create Better Solutions http://bit.ly/or9sEe @RTCompanies #innovation #creativity
• SAlhir: RT @nowthink: The ‘perceived’ complexity of a task will grow in direct proportion to the amount of time we procrastinate. | RT @MarkOOakes >ouch…
• DavidGurteen: Is all knowledge practical? http://bit.ly/n2NHo3 #KM
• DavidGurteen: Nick Milton: Top 7 tips for knowledge management success http://bit.ly/picTcV #KM >view #entarch as KM too?
• KMskunkworks: Do you exploit the value in success or do you only dig through failure? http://wp.me/pUfyy-aU #KNet2011 #innovation #training, #KM >important re lessons-learned etc
• DavidGurteen: Collaboration processes – a first pass guide http://bit.ly/ruy1hc #KM >another great Nick Milton how-to
• SAlhir: RT @atownley @thinktank_ @MaxMckeown: Great quote from great thinker “No, no, you’re not thinking, you’re just being logical.” -Niels Bohr >yup, see that one all too often… (in me as much as in others… 🙁 )
• DavidGurteen: Jack Vinson: Rules of knowledge management http://bit.ly/ru0YhP #KM >also useful for eg. #lenscraft etc
• DavidGurteen: Basic design for extraordinary conversations http://bit.ly/oo8O9z #conversation #GoodToTalk >useful summary how-to for any context in #entarch etc
• BillIves: new post – The Untapped Sources of Business Intelligence http://bit.ly/pDhZTm #bizarch
• CreatvEmergence: RT @zspencer: The beauty of soft systems thinking is not how it breaks things apart, but how it emphasizes their interconnectedness. #bif7
• CreatvEmergence: Natural Resistance in the Creative Process – http://shar.es/HMwnT
• SAlhir: RT @NewCommGlobal RT @kenblanchard @LeaderChat: How to Listen for Values: #Values’ role in #leadership. http://ow.ly/6oszF #entarch #collab
• oscarberg: Why do I have to collaborate? http://bit.ly/pr7D4q by @eskokilpi < “Work is communication between interdependent people” #socbiz #collab
• rettema: RT @GuyKawasaki: Storytelling vs corporate speak [infographic] http://is.gd/9B7IUd >use for #entarch etc?
• gkathan: RT @Leadershipfreak #1 Post over the last 7 days: “The #Leadership Quality No One Ever Mentions” http://ht.ly/6CHYp #success >>strong agree! >”inviting others in” #collab
• DavidGurteen: A clear introduction to the concept of ‘Ba’ http://bit.ly/oydfO3 >a #KM classic: apply in #entarch?
• SAlhir: RT @adaptivecoach Why do we persist on calling them “soft” skills? They are the hardest of all. If they weren’t we’d all be masters of them. >good point…
• DavidGurteen: Seth’s Blog: Post-mortem or pre-natal http://bit.ly/qkk12n #KM >good distinction re purpose of After Action Review and the like in #entarch etc
• SAlhir: The Six Diseases http://bit.ly/TheSixDiseases // 1: The desire for victory (‘ends’) // 2:  The desire to resort to technical cunning (‘means’) // 3: The desire to display all that you have learned (‘individual/collective’) // 4: The desire to overawe the enemy (‘conflict/adversity’) // 5: The desire to play a passive role (‘engagement/disengagement’) // 6: The desire to get rid of whatever disease you are likely to be infected with (‘perfection’) >martial-arts meets #entarch? – v.brief, but recommend

Social-media, ‘social-business’, user-experience and other aspects of the online world:

• BillIves: RT @rossdawson: Mashable: Anatomy of a social media crisis http://on.mash.to/pA0RTj >useful overview of disaster-recovery planning etc #socmedia #entarch
• SAlhir: RT @JenniferSertl RT @newcommglobal Porter’s 5 Forces in the Age of Social Media http://bit.ly/qPsghI #bmgen #socbiz
• CreatvEmergence: By @deb_lavoy Social Business and Enlightenment 2.0 http://wp.me/p823O-8E >respect is central #entarch
• oscarberg: Some thoughts for our new blog: Designing the digital workplace of the future http://bit.ly/nGQy3Y #socbiz #e20
• BillIves: RT @jonhusband: “10 General Principles for Leading & Managing in Networked Knowledge Workplace” http://bit.ly/94G7u9 #collab #e20 #socbiz #entarch
• craighepburn: RT @Whatleydude: #SMWBeirut Social media isn’t about technology, it isn’t about being on or offline, it’s simply about Being Human http://bit.ly/1zjRYz
• joyce_hostyn: points don’t work in long run, need flow to connect with intrinsic motivation RT @webtechman gamification 101 http://bit.ly/p15UZl >finally something sensible beyond the usual ‘gamification’ hype…
• BillIves: RT @marciamarcia: Enjoying a wise metaphor of social media elements like those on a periodic table http://j.mp/p0sOxG >nice visual-classification of key people, tools etc #socmedia #socbiz
• joyce_hostyn: watch for pitfalls of #storytelling > make the reader the hero “Storytelling and the Art of Email Writing” http://bit.ly/pJzHmm
• jdevoo: RT @stephaniewojcik: Electronic government services in Europe: Strategies, projects and applications (pdf) http://bit.ly/owzYCW #egov #w3 socbiz
• oscarberg: Blogged: Can this be your future of work environment? http://goo.gl/fb/boFyU >people-oriented #entarch
• oscarberg: Investigating current social business scenarios http://bit.ly/nta8M7 by @for_desire_it <  Avoiding social islands & social silos #socbiz
• SAlhir: RT @ArnoldBeekes Social networking enters the dreaded “It’s Complicated” stage http://bit.ly/nNrK2A >”less is the new more” for #socbiz #entarch etc
• SAlhir: RT @EskoKilpi: RT @hrheingold Howard Rheingold (1998): The Art of Hosting Good Conversations Online http://bit.ly/o8Zeet >how-to for #socmedia #socbiz #km etc

IT-architecture, IT-systems and other matters IT-related:

• SAlhir: RT @nyike Agile != (Sprint cycle + standups) | (coding – documentation) >good way to put it… #swdev #entarch
• basvg: new post in TOGAF series: starting architecture with a vision http://bit.ly/p7Styh >useful #TOGAF best-practices #itarch #entarch
• joemckendrick: Cloud Computing May be a Shot in the Arm our Economy Needs – Forbes http://onforb.es/oBpJS4 #itarch #bizarch
• practicingEA: From the Forrester Communities: Xforming #entarch to strategic focus? How to do you get it done? http://bit.ly/qJj9uF >good points, though still very much TOGAF-style IT-centrism
• adrianrcampbell: John A Zachman: Cloud Computing and #EntArch http://bit.ly/qOfHHn
• joemckendrick: At Forbes site, I make the case for cloud computing as a game-changer for many aspects of the economy http://onforb.es/oBpJS4 #cloud #itarch
• SAlhir: How Agile are We? Agility Health Quotient/Index (AHQ/AHI) http://bit.ly/Agility-Health // People: Commitment & Accountability // Value: = Results in Context // Collaboration: Flow-&-Pull or Batch-&-Push // Expeditious/Fast, Reactive, or Responsive #agile #lean #scrum #kanban >recommend – a kind of SEMPER for s/w-dev etc #entarch
• taotwit: Thinking framework for Business/IT ‘Systems’ behavior based on Cynefin http://bit.ly/qIOkyI >useful insights – recommend #entarch
• richardveryard: Notes on Interface: At an architecture workshop in Vienna last week, I put together a few slides to address some… http://bit.ly/prOxuF #itarch #ux
• davidsprott: In today’s complex world Dependency Analysis should be the No1 technique. Pleased to see HP’s Mark Potts agrees http://tinyurl.com/3r4nw8q #itarch #entarch
• basvg: RT @ericschabell: Avoid the new vendor lock-in, use an Open cloud solution! #OpenShift http://sgp.cm/858fa5 >good how-to on a very necessary #itarch #entarch concern re #cloud
• kdierc: RT @MartijnLinssen: The ERP paradox http://bit.ly/oo5G0b #sap #itarch #entarch #governance
• gkathan: RT @decisionmgt: Just uploaded ‘Decision Management Systems Part One Decision Discovery’ to SlideShare. http://slidesha.re/ruF973 #itarch #entarch #bpm
• theopengroup: Great new post on The Open Group Blog by Eric Boulay: “How EA is leading enterprise transformation in France” http://ow.ly/6D8rN #entarch

Society, culture, economics, sustainability and other real ‘big-picture’ themes:

• SAlhir: RT @JenniferSertl: A graceful approach to the dance between wealth & power http://on.ft.com/qANjOX RT @flowchainsensei >an FT view of power in the business context
• CreatvEmergence: 8 Current Technologies That Will Shape Our Future: http://mashable.com/2011/09/18/future-technology/ via @JamesBurgin @mashable >interesting and relatively sensible example of technology-futures
• CreatvEmergence: The beauty about finding your calling: it’s impossible for anyone or any data to persuade or “reason” you out of it >good illustration around what I’ve been saying on non-money economics
• tetradian: [post] An economics challenge for enterprise-architects http://bit.ly/prtXwg #entarch #economics #society
• tetradian: [post] Responses to ‘EA economics challenge’ http://bit.ly/pqFvmJ #entarch #economics #society
• SAlhir: RT @DavidHolzmer: Sustainability Community Tackles the Problem of Language – http://bit.ly/olqsvR >language and #bizstory: “focus less on the complex science behind sustainability and more on the stories that move and persuade” – same could said for #entarch etc
• business_design: !! RT @claychristensen: RT @arstechnica: Study: patent trolls have cost innovators half a trillion dollars http://bit.ly/qZvTBS … >oh the joys of the ‘intellectual-property’ scam…
• JosvanOosten: Why the Impossible Happens More Often http://dlvr.it/mKft0 #futures
• rtolido: in the unlikely case you missed it: the past and future of famous logos http://bit.ly/r0l5uo >nicely ironic view of business…
• davidcushman: RT @loudmouthman: Yet more evidence of 3d printers being used for purposes that govts will try to ban them for : http://bit.ly/qIBScv >more surface evidence of the much deeper problem of possession/’right-to-exclude’ in #culture #economics etc
• ArtBourbon: RT @vernaallee: Stephen Denning: Critical value networks at risk? http://onforb.es/rcWlCU >>knee-jerk outsourcing and the risks of shareholder capitalism >outsourcing as an addictive short-term performance-enhancing drug: “investment-bankers as drug-dealers in pin-stripe suits” – recommend #economics #society #culture #bizarch #entarch
• hvaelama: #democracy needs people with capacity to 1.critical thinking 2. think as a citizen of world 3. put themselves in the position of others >yes, I’d say that’s a minimum requirement – so we have a serious problem with current ‘democracy’ that acknowledges none of these needs… #society #politics
• CreatvEmergence: RT @sebpaquet: Liquids heat up for a long time before the first bubbles appear; this doesn’t mean nothing is happening.
• davidsprott: These days I always read the economist back to front. This (Ray Anderson obit) illustrates why. http://econ.st/nIrn46 >a quiet recommend on #entarch etc…
• Bebela239: RT @fastcompany: New website @Slave_Footprint tells you how much slave labor has gone into everything you own. http://bit.ly/pwk75M by @arielhs >ouch… another Inconvenient Truth… #society #culture #economics #sustainability
• DavidGurteen: How questioning economic growth left me feeling like a “Pilgrim from the 25th Century” http://bit.ly/ornSdK >recommend! – I’ve been having much the same struggle elsewhere…
• DavidGurteen: Moving from Understanding and Protest to Direct Action http://bit.ly/oOEd1V #SocialGood
• Bonifer: RT @ffunch: There are real scarcities, of course. A good economic system would be one that manages them, rather than rewarding multiplying them. #economics #society #culture #possession

A sizeable back-and-forth on my post about the (lack of) future for money:

• tetradian: [post] The future of money is that it has no future http://bit.ly/piDi8r #economics #society #culture
• gkathan: RT @tetradian [post] The future of money is that it has no future http://t.co/6ANZ27GZ #economics #society #culture <how to “deal” with responsibility?
• tetradian: @gkathan re responsibility, see e.g. http://bit.ly/nGAyNO or http://bit.ly/r4tP2m or http://bit.ly/nZxpIR or http://bit.ly/q2rnYt
• tetradian: [post] The architecture of a no-money economy http://bit.ly/poCT6W #entarch #economics #society
• tetradian: [post] An economics challenge for enterprise-architects http://bit.ly/prtXwg #entarch #economics #society
• chrisdpotts: @tetradian re: http://bit.ly/prtXwg Echoing my recent Tweet, each of us is an economy-of-one.  If we’re in a household, it’s a layer on top. // Being an economy-of-one, each of can use the 4 Factors of Production to create value (Land, Labor, Capital, Enterprise) #entarch
• tetradian: @chrisdpotts agree re ‘layer on top’; less agree on ‘4 Factors of Production’, b/c in many ways they assume possession, which doesn’t work // the ‘4 Factors’ are valid, but they need a major re-think to work in a responsibility-based economy – hence this work
• MartijnLinssen: Great post but link to #entarch confuses > RT @tetradian: An economics challenge for enterprise-architects http://bit.ly/prtXwg #entarch
• tetradian: @MartijnLinssen why does link to EA confuse? – to me economics (esp. macroeconomics) is whole-enterprise architecture at very large scale
• richardveryard: @chrisdpotts @tetradian I talk about the 4 factors of production in my paper on the future of money. #LongFinance http://tinyurl.com/639k3xz
• m_vrijhoef: @MartijnLinssen @tetradian Shortest answer to the posed problem: Unified common goals, disposal of religion and value of ‘self’
• tetradian: @m_vrijhoef agree, perhaps esp. about ‘disposal of religion’ – possession-/money-economy _is_ a dysfunctional religion (w/out morals.. 🙁 )
• MartijnLinssen: @tetradian it was a pretty “controversial” post and I liked it, but ending references to #entarch sent me into the woods
• chrisdpotts: @tetradian Re:  Factors of Production. The assumption of possession is in the eye of the beholder. #entarch // A #strategy that depends on a rethink of the basics of Economics has a low chance of success.
• tetradian: @chrisdpotts I fear you miss the point here: this isn’t mainstream strategy, it’s root-economics, at least 2-3 layers deeper than strategy! // why did you introduce the red-herring of strategy? all the posts made it clear this was _not_ about strategy…?
• rettema: @tetradian interesting timing Tom , see mckinsey quarterly #sustainable http://e.mckinseyquarterly.com/147e4fa98layfousibojkwkaaaaaabxqr5nzsp4fxj4yaaaaa
• tetradian: @rettema many thanks for that McKinsey pointer – is a good illustration of what doesn’t/can’t work… 😐

And the small section without a name – the one that everyone likes most?

• davegray: Offmaps (iPhone app) is a lifesaver for data-roaming travelers. Downloadable maps, offline navigation by triangulating local wifi points
• thoughttrans: RT @presentationzen: Yoda pie chart http://post.ly/3GUtq <BRILLIANT!  I need to blow that one up and wallpaper my wall w it!
• SAlhir: Bitcasa – Infinite Storage on Your Desktop – Sign up for Beta now! http://www.bitcasa.com/beta-signup?share=1745445624 via @Bitcasa
• SAlhir: Two TED talks by Barry Schwartz: on our loss of wisdom http://bit.ly/1aB27F , on the paradox of choice http://bit.ly/19n2yD